In this episode Geraldine Hickey, pulls on the armoury of Joan of Arc. Winner of the Most Outstanding Show at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, her solo shows have gone from strength to strength with TV specials on Paramount +. She is currently selling out the Victorian Arts Centre with her new show Meander, March 27-April 20. You can grab tickets here & check out her gig guide here.

Joining her over the hot flame is Andrew McLelland, who’ll be popping out the art as Andy Warhol. A celebrated comedian, writer & DJ, Mr McLelland’s Finishing School at Common Grounds, is a Melbourne institution and the talented chappy has even supported Cher & Robbie Williams on the decks. His festival shows are also a delight, especially , ‘A Seated Walking Tour of Europe’ (directed by the author) & ‘The Von Donk Family Old Timey Vaudeville Revue’

Herein, you’ll learn of their first meeting in Melbourne when they surprised everyone by being paired as Moomba Monarchs. Their friendship was solidified when Andy gave Joan a Glow Up & they formed an impenetrable alliance against Denise ‘Ding Dong’ Drysdale on the obscure reality TV show, Celebrity Pinata.

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Did you know that there were originally heaps more animals on the ark, but Noah & his family just kept eating them until there were only pairs left? Did you know that Steve Irwin met Noah at Bunnings & helped him find the cable ties to keep the crocs mouths closed? Did you know that they met for the second time at Jesus’s 3 day bucks weekend? It’s no surprise that Tom Gleeson & Dane Simpson, two of Australia’s funniest men, excelled in the history swivel chairs. I say bring back ‘Noah & Stevo in the Mornings’.

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Our first episode comes to you from New York, via Glenrowan. What better way to launch the podcast, than with two of the best improvisors in the business. Wil Anderson brings wit, vulnerability & plausible levels of b******t to the misunderstood, iconic bushranger, Ned Kelly. Gillian Cosgriff brings sass, smarts and so many great one liners to cosmetics queen, Estee Lauder. The result is so compelling, you would swear these besties did meet playing pub trivia in Fitzroy for a team called ‘Law & Lauder.’

(Recorded in front of a live audience at the Comedy Republic at the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.)